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National Weather Service Topeka KS
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

KSZ039-190900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          96          66          79          62
Temp             87 80 79 76 74 80 91 95 86 74 71 69 67 70 75 78 72 68 66 64 63
Dewpt            70 69 66 65 64 68 70 70 71 72 71 69 67 70 71 72 70 68 66 64 63
RH               57 69 64 69 71 67 50 45 61 93100100100100 87 82 93100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  E SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd          8  8  8  9  8  9 11 10  5  5  2  3  3  4  5  6  8  6  4  4  5
Wind gust              18 19 18 19
Clouds           B1 FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20          70          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.75        0.04        0.26
Rain shwrs                    S           C  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S           C  C  C  S        S  S  S  S
Heat index       92                96101 91
Max heat        102    90          98   103


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      55    68      51    71      55    73      58    74
Temp          68 66   60 56 65 63   57 53 67 65   59 56 71 67   61 59 70 68
Dewpt         67 64   60 56 62 60   57 53 61 61   59 56 64 64   61 59 66 66
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       5    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                                         S  S    S  S  S

$$
KSZ040-190900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      73          95          67          80          62
Temp             87 80 78 75 73 80 90 94 85 75 72 69 68 70 76 79 73 69 67 65 63
Dewpt            70 70 66 65 64 68 70 70 71 71 70 69 68 70 72 72 71 69 67 65 63
RH               57 72 67 71 73 67 52 46 63 87 93100100100 87 79 93100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  W  N NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  N
Wind spd          8  6  6  8  6  8 10  9  4  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  6  4  4  5
Wind gust                       18
Clouds           B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20          70          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.44        0.02        0.30
Rain shwrs                    S           C  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms                         S           C  C  C  S        S  S  S  S
Heat index       92                95101 91
Max heat        102    88          96   103    84


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      55    68      50    71      54    73      57    74
Temp          68 65   60 57 65 63   56 53 68 65   58 56 71 67   61 59 71 68
Dewpt         67 64   60 57 62 61   56 53 60 61   58 56 64 64   61 59 66 66
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE     E       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       5    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                                         S       S  S  S

$$
KSZ054-190900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          98          68          84          63
Temp             87 81 79 76 75 84 94 96 88 77 73 70 69 73 79 82 75 68 67 65 64
Dewpt            68 66 64 63 62 65 66 66 67 68 68 68 67 69 69 70 70 68 67 65 64
RH               53 60 60 64 64 53 40 38 50 74 84 93 93 87 72 67 84100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW NE NE  E NE NE  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd          8 10 11 12 11 13 16 13  9  8  5  4  3  4  4  5  8  8  5  6  8
Wind gust                    21 24
Clouds           SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          60          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.56        0.04        0.30
Rain shwrs                                C  L  L  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  S  S


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          75      55    71      51    74      56    76      59    77
Temp          72 68   61 57 68 65   57 53 70 69   59 58 73 70   62 60 73 72
Dewpt         66 64   61 57 61 60   57 53 59 60   59 58 62 63   62 60 64 64
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC   FW SC B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       0     5      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs     S                                      S  C  S       S  C

$$
KSZ022-190900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      75          94          66          75          62
Temp             89 82 81 78 76 81 91 94 84 74 70 68 67 68 72 74 70 67 65 64 63
Dewpt            67 66 64 64 63 66 68 68 71 71 70 68 67 68 69 69 69 67 65 64 63
RH               48 58 56 62 64 60 47 43 65 90100100100100 90 84 97100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  N  E  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  9 10 10  9  9 10  8  6  4  3  3  4  5  6  8  8  5  3  3  4
Wind gust                 20 19 19
Clouds           SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC OV B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          50          70          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.14        0.51        0.04        0.16
Rain shwrs                             S  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C     S  S     S  S


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          70      55    67      52    70      57    72      59    74
Temp          67 66   60 57 65 64   57 54 68 66   60 59 70 67   62 61 71 68
Dewpt         65 64   60 57 60 60   57 54 60 61   60 59 65 65   62 61 66 66
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       0     5      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S                                      S  C       S  C  C

$$
KSZ020-190900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          90          64          72          61
Temp             89 82 80 77 74 78 86 88 79 70 68 66 65 64 67 70 66 65 63 62 61
Dewpt            65 65 64 63 63 66 67 67 70 70 68 66 65 64 65 66 65 65 63 62 61
RH               45 56 58 62 69 67 53 50 74100100100100100 93 87 97100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  S  S  N  N  N NE NE  N  N NE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         14 16 14 13  9  9  9  8 10 10  9 10 10 10 10  9  9  8  5  5  6
Wind gust           26 25 24
Clouds           FW FW SC SC B1 FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          40          30          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.10        0.09        0.02
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S     S


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          69      55    67      54    70      59    70      61    72
Temp          65 65   59 56 63 63   57 55 65 64   60 60 67 65   62 61 68 66
Dewpt         61 62   58 56 58 60   56 55 59 62   60 60 63 65   62 61 64 65
PWind dir         N      NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC   FW SC B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     5       0    10      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S    S  C  C

$$
KSZ059-190900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      74          98          69          86          64
Temp             87 81 79 76 74 83 94 96 89 78 74 71 69 73 80 85 77 69 67 66 64
Dewpt            68 66 64 63 62 64 64 63 64 65 65 65 66 68 67 68 69 69 67 66 64
RH               53 60 60 64 66 53 37 34 44 64 74 81 90 84 65 57 76100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  W SW  N  S  S  W  S  N  N NE  N  N
Wind spd          8  8  8  9 10 12 13 12  8  8  4  3  3  3  3  3  5  5  4  4  5
Wind gust              19 20 20 23          18
Clouds           FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          50          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.36        0.02        0.55
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                        C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          75      56    72      51    74      55    75      58    76
Temp          72 69   61 58 69 66   56 53 70 68   58 56 72 69   61 59 72 70
Dewpt         65 63   61 58 59 59   56 53 57 58   57 56 60 61   60 59 62 63
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE    NE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     0       5    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C                                         S  S          S
Tstms          S

$$
KSZ012-190900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
546 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date           09/18/26      Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      71          87          64          72          59
Temp             83 77 76 74 72 76 83 87 79 70 68 66 65 66 68 71 66 63 62 61 60
Dewpt            69 67 64 63 63 67 69 70 71 70 68 66 64 65 66 66 65 63 62 61 60
RH               63 71 66 69 73 74 63 57 77100100100 97 97 93 84 97100100100100
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          8  8  9 10  8  8  8  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  5
Wind gust              19 20
Clouds           SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          40          60          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02        0.69        0.10        0.22
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S        C  L  C  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  S        C  C  C  S  S        S
Heat index                            92
Max heat         96                87    93


Date           09/21  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26  Fri 09/25/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          65      53    63      49    66      53    68      55    69
Temp          62 61   55 55 60 59   52 50 63 62   55 55 66 63   57 57 66 63
Dewpt         61 59   55 54 56 56   52 50 55 57   54 54 60 60   57 57 62 62
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E     E       E    SE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       0     5      10    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C                                         C  S       S  S

$$